1954
From Judas to Quizling the canons of the English language have boomed a long list of proper names to indicate treachery. This month 'Fifty-four makes its contribution to this infamous list, for that self-anointed-head, that self-designated "fearless" leader of bachelorhood, John Heston, has defected. Only a few months ago the haughty Hes frisked boldly onto the pages of Hazqui brandishing the banners of misogamy. Receiving a token rap of disapproval from the editor, the N. W. Ayer & Co. advertiser from Philly scurried yelpingly into the ranks of the betrothed. Three days after Christmas Betty Burch of Bradford Jr. and the U. of North Carolina announced her engagement to the Hes in Bronxville, N. Y. The reign of Black John had ended.
Your correspondent picked this news off his wire-tap at an Executive Committee meeting at the Dartmouth Club of New York City in late December. On hand for the session were Pete Geithner, who was with the Navy at Oceana, Va., but now graduateschooling at Johns Hopkins; Boston and Buffalo bankers Ben Bowden and Kev Sullivan; U. of Pennsylvania med student DonBelcher; Skip Weymouth, who is with the American Hospital Supply Corporation in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.; and Dave Mc-Laughlin, now assistant to the vice-president of operations for the Champion Paper Co. in Hamilton, Ohio.
Also on hand were Lon Chaikin, production engineer for Quoizel Inc., New York lamp manufacturer, and Perry Davis, who was presented with a plaque indicating highest achievement among class agents in the 1957 Alumni Fund drive.
However, there was evidence of heavy infiltration in the bachelor ranks before the Heston desertion. At a Dartmouth shindig, arranged by Skip Weymouth and Joe Gruel, in Ann Arbor, Mich., after the Michigan-lowa game in early November, the married 'Fifty-fours including the Dean Berrys, the Bob Oneals, Skip Grintons, Bob Martins, Tom "Tissue" Scotts and Ky Lewises virtually overran the tattered regiment of singletons - Bud Siquiland, Art Patterson, Bayard Johnson, George Shaw, John Milnor, Rip Coffin Cobe Addison, Jim Stead, Sam Bradley, Steve Mullins, Skip and Joe. While the East-coasters were discussing the Yale game Messrs Martin and Weymouth along with Rusty Jackman '52, John Plunkett '57 and Butch Edgar '53 took to the band stand and gave the 100 or so present some nostalgic renditions.
Most of the reuners are in some way attached to the University, though Art and Rusty are to receive business school diplomas this month and head for a two months' sojourn in Europe. Jim is working in the production end of steel products in Detroit, Mich. Bayard, who is with the Jet division of Thompson Products, and George, with a construction outfit, drove up together from Cleveland, Ohio. Bo Martin is a Grand Rapids, Mich., lawyer.
The Michigan meeting gave definite indication that matrimonial subversion was on a dangerous increase. In an effort to limit further conjugal incursions the celibate security system was recently strengthened. This campaign flushed out a bevy of engagees. Among them were Jim Gentile and Maribeth Gilbert of Danbury (Conn.) State Teachers. Jim is a grad of U. Conn law and is now in the Army at Fort Hamilton. He plans to return to Bridgeport, Conn., when the military obligation is fulfilled.
Also purged by the forces of "militant bachelorhood" was Walt Leffler, whose engagement to Suzanne Hinck of Mamaroneck, N. Y., and the U. of Bridgeport was announced in October. Walt is an NYU engineering grad. Barbara Rothman of Newark, N. J., was betrothed to U. of Miami medman Larry Mamlet in October. Armstrong Cork Company's Russ Benjamin found a real "stopper" in Jeanne Martin of St. Augustine, Fla. Jeanne, a Stephens College grad, held Russ long enough to announce their engagement last August. And Willa Fae Fisher of Steubenville, Ohio, and Wellesley College announced nouncedher be thro thai to Harvard Lawman Mike Spicer.
Mustering in with the married folk this month is Mort Galper, recently wed to Judy Kesslen of Haverhill, Mass. Standing by for the ceremonies were Ed Hayes, Bob McKeever, Bob Durham and Mike Korjeff.
On December 14 another little Barker landed up in Belmont, Mass., at the home of Barb and Dick Barker. His name, Thomas Guy, a second son.
Around the first of the year we uncovered quite a few scattered fragments of news... that Gordie Nichols was pushing sales for Scott Paper Co. in Chicago, Ill., that 800Haertl was teaching and coaching at Deerfield Academy, Mass., that Willie Wilkins was Special Services officer at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miami, Fla. Also in Miami, as permanent residents, are Joel and LoisWertheim.
Coming up out of the Deep South after adieu had been bid to the Air Force was Dick Gates and family. Dick is looking for a banking post. LTJG Harry Rockefeller, just back from a cruise around the Pacific, stopped by on his way to submarine school in New London, Conn. Harry is a career officer. Another career man is Air Force Lt. Levi Goldfarb, now stationed with family at Clark AFB in the Philippines. Also in the Far East is the Army's Chris Rood, who, last we heard, was pushing off from Okinawa and heading for Japan.
Pete Davis is manufacturing representative with Grenville Davis Co. in Chicago, Ill., and Pvt. Max Geldens and wife are with the Army in Landstuhl, Germany. A Long Islander turned Texan is Don Swanson. After finishing his Air Force stint in the big country the Swanse ambled over to Southern Methodist University to sit for a law degree. There was no "moaning of the (Rhode Island) bar" when Mike Messore was admiţted last November. Mike graduated from Boston College law last June. When Yale's Srhool of Drama opened its first major Production last November, a leading role in the presentation of "Happy as Larry" went to Tohn Cunningham, who is in his second year at New Haven.
Upon occasion you can hear the frantic neal of "Timber" echoing through the Massachusetts hills, for it is here that Dave Fitch oursues a venture in the lumber business. Dave and wife Dotty are making permanent residence in Greenfield. Charlie Zepp is a fourth-year med student located in Columbus, Ohio, but we don't know his institution. Dick McLean is toiling as a physicist at the U. of California radiation laboratories in Livermore, Calif.
Accountant with the Radio Corporation of America in Harrison, N. J., is Charlie Gruning and an administrative trainee with U.S. Electrical Motors in Milford, Conn., is Tom Harrington. In Aspen, Colo., Mead Metcalf is pushing a venture as owner and operator of "The Crystal Palace." Billy Pierce is a member berof the technical staff with Bell Telephone laboratories in Whippany, N. J., and John Pope draws from the payroll of F. W. Webb Manufacturing Co. in Boston, Mass.
Hope some of you were able to identify Jack Tuck, concealed behind a two-year growth of Antarctic fiber, as he faced and befuddled the panelists on "What's My Line" last December.
The class movement toward the banking business was strengthened as John Pierce eased in with the Guaranty Trust Co. in New York City, and Bud Addis took up a post with the Howard Savings Institution in Newark, N. J. Jack Schurman is sales engineering with the Trane Co. in La Crosse, Wise. A pair of Colorado tall-men include Prudential Insurance Co. agent Paul Wisdom in Denver and Horace B. Holmes Attorneyassociate associateNeil King in Boulder. In Burlington, Vt., is Mary Fletcher Hospital administrative assistant Charlie Davis, and Veep of the James T. White Co. in New York City is Billy White. This month's employment listings conclude with an old sawbones - Dr. Lloyd Tepper who is in San Francisco, Calif.
We'll bustle out athletically this month with a parting mention of Larry Russell, sports director of the Sea Island Co., Sea Island, Ga. Hope some of you will take time to drop us a line so's we'll have some news for you next month. And we'll see ya then.
Secretary, 56 Ring St., Putnam, Conn.
Treasurer, 25 Budleigh Ave., Beverly, Mass.
